Backend Developer

Salary: £45,000 - 50,000 per year

Requirements

• 3+ years commercial experience in backend development
• Strong PHP (8.x) and deep Laravel expertise
• Solid PostgreSQL experience (schema design, optimisation)
• Experience building APIs and integrating with frontend frameworks (ideally React)
• Strong understanding of Agile/SCRUM and TDD
• Experience with AWS and infrastructure modernisation (nice to have)
• CI/CD pipeline design and management (nice to have)
• Exposure to AI tooling (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Claude) (nice to have)
• Experience with agentic AI systems (nice to have)
• Familiarity with Figma workflows (nice to have)

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable SaaS applications
• Develop clean, well-structured backend systems using modern Laravel
• Design and implement robust RESTful APIs for a React frontend
• Own backend architecture and code quality
• Design multi-tenant database structures
• Apply best practices (service patterns, Eloquent optimisation, clean architecture)
• Improve performance and reliability of legacy systems
• Handle complex data migrations
• Proactively enhance system security
• Help modernise systems using AWS managed services
• Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines
• Support automated, reliable deployments
• Work closely with frontend and UX on product development
• Contribute to product discovery and backlog shaping
• Participate in Agile/SCRUM ceremonies (Jira)

Technologies

• AI
• AWS
• Backend
• CI/CD
• Copilot
• Figma
• Frontend
• GitHub
• Support
• JIRA
• Laravel
• PHP
• PostgreSQL
• React
• Security
• TDD
• UX UI Design
• Cloud
• DevOps
• OOP

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We are a company based in Romsey, Hampshire, focusing on building innovative SaaS solutions that assist organizations in managing and optimizing critical infrastructure. As part of our growth and migration to AWS, we are modernizing our platform and developing new products. We offer a hybrid working model that provides flexibility, allowing our team members to work three days in the office and two days remotely. We value collaboration and are committed to fostering a dynamic and engaging work environment.

last updated 13 week of 2026